Section APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY HOW ETHNOGRAPHY MAY INSTRUCT BIO CULTURAL RESEARCH? <...> Peternel Lana1 , Malnar Ana2 , Martinović Klarić Irena1 1Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 2Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia Conducting bio cultural research in anthropology remains to be one of biggest challenges in our discipline. <...> To implement a bio cultural synthesis in anthropology it is necessary to select an appropriate theoretical framework for understanding culture that is both ethnographically valid and adequate for operationalization in complex bio cultural models. <...> The solution to connecting the culture as an aggregate and collective phenomenon with individual beliefs, behaviour and health outcomes became more feasible with the theoretical and methodological breakthroughs in cognitive anthropology, and in particular, after the development of the theory of cultural consensus. <...> By using the example of the recent pilot study conducted within the framework of the project “Modernity stress, youth and migration” we demonstrate how ethnographic research may be used to direct, optimize and complement the quantitative research based on the integration of demographic, psychological and biomedical data (including anthropometric, physiologic and salivary biomarkers). <...> In this project individual subjective and objective stress outcomes are researched in relation to culture changes associated with modernity in the post socialist transitional society. <...> We demonstrate the analytical usefulness of using interviewing and free listing as ethnographic techniques for defi ning variables of interest in domains of everyday life of Croatian youth and the results of the cultural consensus analyses in various everyday lifedomains such as education, employment, family, material goods, leisure time, social support and participation, pre migratory potential. <...> Key words: bio cultural synthesis, ethnography of stress, cognitive anthropology, youth, Croatia Contact information: Peternel Lana, e-mail: lanapeternel@yahoo.com, Martinović Klarić Irena, e-mail: irena@idi.hr. 39 MOTOR SKILLS IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN Popova Elena1 , Simonova Olga1 , Makhalin Adu2 , Zabolotnaya Irina2 1Gorno-Altaisk State University, Gorno-Altaisk, Altai Republic, Russia 2Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, Moscow, Russia The purpose of the research is to determine a development of motor skills of 6-7 year old children who attend elementary schools. <...> The participants <...>